Beryl’s Barrels | Emerald Isle, NC
Early in the morning on May 30, I headed out for the shore to see if I could capture some storm photos as Tropical Storm Beryl came up the North Carolina coast. Other than some pretty gusty wind and heavy rain, she gave me no cool clouds to shoot. I waited out the afternoon at my friend Brad’s studio (www.bradstyronphotography.com). Brad, a great surfer himself, was paying attention to the wind direction. We waited for it to change, cleaning up the surf and blowing in some swells. Around 3:30 it finally did, and we headed over to the beach to shoot some surfing. I spent about three hours out there shooting the surfers who were taking advantage of the great conditions. The sun came out and there were some great clouds blowing overhead. Perfect! At given time, there were somewhere around 50 surfers in that one spot and plenty of action. Next time a storm comes up the coast, I may just wait it out and head out with the surfers. I had a blast! A lot more photos to come from this.
Burn Baby, Burn! | Emerald Isle, NC
A huge plume of smoke rises from a controlled burn across the sound. These burns are routine this time of year as the brush is cleared in the Croatan National Forest.
Living at the Edge of the World | Emerald Isle, North Carolina
This weekend, I had the pleasure of welcoming Curt Fleenor and David Baker to my little corner of the world. We’ve all been in contact with one another for quite sometime and it was great to finally meet and do some shooting!
On Saturday, we ventured out to Emerald Isle to shoot the sunset. We decided to head down to ‘The Point,’ the very end of the island, to shoot the sunset. The long hike was only made worse by the numerous four wheel drive vehicles that sped past us. If only I had a permit… Anyway, clouds were nowhere to be seen for most of the day (a photographer’s nightmare) and the evening was no exception.
Sometimes you just have to point your camera into the sun and hope for the best. Here, my goal was to capture the wide expanse of the beach and the windswept sand as well as the homes that dot the end of the island. i cropped out the majority of the sky, leaving the nice sunburst created by my 8mm Rokinon lens.
I think it turned out alright, thanks to that awesome sand!
Sunset Rays | Emerald Isle, North Carolina
The sunset on March 4 was a phenomenal one. The entire afternoon had been nothing but gloomy and grey, but as sunset approached, the sky began to part. I was instructing a photography workshop along with Brad Styron and a sunset shoot was on the schedule, although we weren’t sure if we were going to have a worthwhile sky to shoot. With sunset scheduled to happen at 6:00pm, we noticed the amazing color in the sky at around 5:45. Everyone stopped what they were doing and we rushed onto the beach just as the sun passed in between two levels of clouds, creating some awesome rays. The color didn’t last long, but as always in these fleeting moments, we were so glad we rushed out to see it!
The shot: Nikon D90, 8mm Rokinon lens. f/22, 1/15th sec., ISO 100. 3 exposures masked together in Photoshop. Finished with Nik Color Efex and Viveza.
Splash! | Emerald Isle, NC
Playing with the Nikkor 70-200 2.8 around the legs of the Bogue Inlet Pier. The lens may have just climbed right to the top of my wish list!
The shot: Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 lens, 1/1250th second, f/5, ISO 200
©2012 Zach Frailey
